QL VAL String Function

A long time ago I saw a note by Mike de Sosa on the lack of the VAL string function on the QL. At the time Į didn’t have one, but with the recent price cuts I’ve added a QL to my “home for orphan computers”. Although I ordered one with software and QL User Guide, it came sans manual (later received), so I was digging through all my old Sinclair mags for info when I ran across Mike’s comment again.

No doubt other users have found purely software approaches since then, although I have found no one published ones in my non-QL specific mags except the one Mike gave which utilizes Microdrive commands.